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AN ACT Relating to revenue reductions; amending RCW 82.04.190, 82.60.040, 82.60.045, 82.60.070, 82.61.010, 82.63.010, 82.04.4452, 82.04.255, 82.04.290, 82.04.290, 82.04.255, 82.04.290, 82.04.260, 84.33.035, 84.33.170, 83.100.070, 82.27.030, 82.04.365, 82.04.366, 82.08.02571, 82.08.050, 82.62.030, 84.36.035, 84.36.805, 48.32.145, 48.32A.090, 82.04.2201, 82.04.050, and 66.24.290; reenacting and amending RCW 82.60.020 and 9.41.070; adding new sections to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 82.12 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.63 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.14 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 84.55 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 82.04 RCW; creating new sections; repealing RCW 82.61.020, 82.61.040, 82.63.040, 82.63.050, and 82.04.2201; providing effective dates; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. This act may be known and cited as the taxpayer relief act of 1995.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The legislature finds and declares that:

(1) The health, safety, and welfare of the people of the state of Washington are heavily dependent upon the continued encouragement, development, and expansion of opportunities for family wage employment in our state's private sector;

(2) The state's private sector must be encouraged to commit to continuous improvement of process, products, and services and to deliver high-quality, high-value products through technological innovations and high-performance work organizations;

(3) The state's opportunities for increased economic dealings with other states and nations of the world are dependent on supporting and attracting a diverse, stable, and competitive economic base of private sector employers;

(4) The state's current policy of applying its sales and use taxes to machinery, equipment, and installation labor used in manufacturing, research and development, and other activities has placed our state's private sector at a competitive disadvantage with other states and serves as a significant disincentive to the continuous improvement of products, technology, and modernization necessary for the preservation, stabilization, and expansion of employment and to ensure a stable economy; and

(5) It is vital to the continued development of economic opportunity in this state, including the development of new businesses and the expansion or modernization of existing businesses, that the state of Washington provide tax incentives to entities making a commitment to sites and operations in this state.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 82.08 RCW to read as follows:

(1) The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 shall not apply to sales to a manufacturer or processor for hire of machinery and equipment used directly in a manufacturing operation, or to sales of machinery and equipment used directly in a potato packaging operation, or to sales of or charges made for labor and services rendered in respect to installing the machinery and equipment, but only when the purchaser provides the seller with an exemption certificate in a form and manner prescribed by the department by rule, and the purchaser provides the department with a duplicate of the certificate or a summary of exempt sales as the department may require. The seller shall retain a copy of the certificate for the seller's files.

(2) For purposes of this section and section 4 of this act:

(a) "Machinery and equipment" means industrial fixtures, devices, and support facilities. "Machinery and equipment" includes pollution control equipment installed and used in a manufacturing operation to prevent air pollution, water pollution, or contamination that might otherwise result from the manufacturing operation.

(b) "Machinery and equipment" does not include:

(i) Hand tools;

(ii) Property with a useful life of less than one year;

(iii) Repair parts required to restore machinery and equipment to normal working order;

(iv) Replacement parts that do not increase productivity, improve efficiency, or extend the useful life of the machinery and equipment; or

(v) Building fixtures that are not integral to the manufacturing operation or potato packaging operation that are permanently affixed to and become a physical part of a building, such as utility systems for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, communications, plumbing, or electrical.

(c) Machinery and equipment is "used directly" in a manufacturing operation or potato packaging operation if the machinery and equipment:

(i) Acts upon or interacts with an item of tangible personal property;

(ii) Conveys, transports, handles, or temporarily stores an item of tangible personal property at the manufacturing or packaging site;

(iii) Controls, guides, measures, verifies, aligns, regulates, or tests tangible personal property;

(iv) Provides physical support for or access to tangible personal property;

(v) Produces steam or mechanical power for, or lubricates machinery and equipment;

(vi) Produces another item of tangible personal property for use in the manufacturing operation or potato packaging operation; or

(vii) Places tangible personal property in the container, package, or wrapping in which the tangible personal property is normally sold or transported.

(d) "Manufacturing operation" means the manufacturing of articles, substances, or commodities for sale as tangible personal property. The manufacturing operation begins at the point where the raw materials enter the manufacturing site and ends at the point where the finished product leaves the manufacturing site. The term does not include research and development, cogeneration or the production of electricity, or the preparation of food products on the premises of a person selling food products at retail.

(e) "Potato packaging operation" means the packaging of fresh potatoes for sale in their natural state. The packaging operation begins at the point where the fresh potatoes enter the packaging site and ends at the point where the packaged product leaves the packaging site.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. A new section is added to chapter 82.12 RCW to read as follows:

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply in respect to the use by a manufacturer or processor for hire of machinery and equipment used directly in a manufacturing operation, or in respect to the use of machinery and equipment used directly in a potato packaging operation, but only when the user provides the department with:

(1) An exemption certificate in a form and manner prescribed by the department within sixty days of the first use of the machinery and equipment in this state; or

(2) An annual summary listing the machinery and equipment by January 31 of the year following the calendar year in which the machinery and equipment is first used in this state.

Sec. 5. RCW 82.04.190 and 1986 c 231 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

"Consumer" means the following:

(1) Any person who purchases, acquires, owns, holds, or uses any article of tangible personal property irrespective of the nature of the person's business and including, among others, without limiting the scope hereof, persons who install, repair, clean, alter, improve, construct, or decorate real or personal property of or for consumers other than for the purpose (a) of resale as tangible personal property in the regular course of business or (b) of incorporating such property as an ingredient or component of real or personal property when installing, repairing, cleaning, altering, imprinting, improving, constructing, or decorating such real or personal property of or for consumers or (c) of consuming such property in producing for sale a new article of tangible personal property or a new substance, of which such property becomes an ingredient or component or as a chemical used in processing, when the primary purpose of such chemical is to create a chemical reaction directly through contact with an ingredient of a new article being produced for sale or (d) purchases for the purpose of consuming the property purchased in producing ferrosilicon which is subsequently used in producing magnesium for sale, if the primary purpose of such property is to create a chemical reaction directly through contact with an ingredient of ferrosilicon;

(2) Any person engaged in any business activity taxable under RCW 82.04.290 and any person who purchases, acquires, or uses any telephone service as defined in RCW 82.04.065, other than for resale in the regular course of business;

(3) Any person engaged in the business of contracting for the building, repairing or improving of any street, place, road, highway, easement, right of way, mass public transportation terminal or parking facility, bridge, tunnel, or trestle which is owned by a municipal corporation or political subdivision of the state of Washington or by the United States and which is used or to be used primarily for foot or vehicular traffic including mass transportation vehicles of any kind as defined in RCW 82.04.280, in respect to tangible personal property when such person incorporates such property as an ingredient or component of such publicly owned street, place, road, highway, easement, right of way, mass public transportation terminal or parking facility, bridge, tunnel, or trestle by installing, placing or spreading the property in or upon the right of way of such street, place, road, highway, easement, bridge, tunnel, or trestle or in or upon the site of such mass public transportation terminal or parking facility;

(4) Any person who is an owner, lessee or has the right of possession to or an easement in real property which is being constructed, repaired, decorated, improved, or otherwise altered by a person engaged in business, excluding only (a) municipal corporations or political subdivisions of the state in respect to labor and services rendered to their real property which is used or held for public road purposes, and (b) the United States, instrumentalities thereof, and county and city housing authorities created pursuant to chapter 35.82 RCW in respect to labor and services rendered to their real property. Nothing contained in this or any other subsection of this definition shall be construed to modify any other definition of "consumer";

(5) Any person who is an owner, lessee, or has the right of possession to personal property which is being constructed, repaired, improved, cleaned, imprinted, or otherwise altered by a person engaged in business;

(6) Any person engaged in the business of constructing, repairing, decorating, or improving new or existing buildings or other structures under, upon, or above real property of or for the United States, any instrumentality thereof, or a county or city housing authority created pursuant to chapter 35.82 RCW, including the installing or attaching of any article of tangible personal property therein or thereto, whether or not such personal property becomes a part of the realty by virtue of installation; also, any person engaged in the business of clearing land and moving earth of or for the United States, any instrumentality thereof, or a county or city housing authority created pursuant to chapter 35.82 RCW. Any such person shall be a consumer within the meaning of this subsection in respect to tangible personal property incorporated into, installed in, or attached to such building or other structure by such person; and

(7) Any person who is a lessor of machinery and equipment, the rental of which is exempt from the tax imposed by RCW 82.08.020 under section 3 of this act, with respect to the sale of or charge made for tangible personal property consumed and for labor and services rendered in respect to repairing the machinery and equipment.

Nothing contained in this or any other subsection of this definition shall be construed to modify any other definition of "consumer."

Sec. 6. RCW 82.60.020 and 1994 sp.s. c 7 s 704 and 1994 sp.s. c 1 s 1 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

(1) "Applicant" means a person applying for a tax deferral under this chapter.

(2) "Department" means the department of revenue.

(3) "Eligible area" means: (a) A county in which the average level of unemployment for the three years before the year in which an application is filed under this chapter exceeds the average state unemployment for those years by twenty percent; (b) a metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the office of federal statistical policy and standards, United States department of commerce, in which the average level of unemployment for the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which an application is filed under this chapter exceeds the average state unemployment for such calendar year by twenty percent; (c) a designated community empowerment zone approved under RCW 43.63A.700 or a county containing such a community empowerment zone; (d) a town with a population of less than twelve hundred persons in those counties that are not covered under (a) of this subsection that are timber impact areas as defined in RCW 43.31.601; ((or)) (e) a county designated by the governor as an eligible area under RCW 82.60.047; or (f) a county that is contiguous to a county that qualifies as an eligible area under (a) or (e) of this subsection.

(4)(a) "Eligible investment project" means:

(i) An investment project in an eligible area as defined in subsection (3)(a), (b), (d), or (e) of this section; or

(ii) That portion of an investment project in an eligible area as defined in subsection (3)(c) or (f) of this section which((~~: (i)~~)) is directly utilized to create at least one new full-time qualified employment position for each three hundred thousand dollars of investment on which a deferral is requested in an application approved before July 1, 1994, and for each seven hundred fifty thousand dollars of investment on which a deferral is requested in an application approved after June 30, 1994((~~; and~~

(ii) Either initiates a new operation, or expands or diversifies a current operation by expanding, equipping, or renovating an existing facility with costs in excess of twenty-five percent of the true and fair value of the facility prior to improvement)).

(b) The lessor/owner of a qualified building is not eligible for a deferral unless the underlying ownership of the buildings, machinery, and equipment vests exclusively in the same person, or unless the lessor by written contract agrees to pass the economic benefit of the deferral to the lessee in the form of reduced rent payments.

((~~(b)~~)) (c) For purposes of (a)((~~(i)~~)) (ii) of this subsection((,)):

(i) The department shall consider the entire investment project, including any investment in machinery and equipment that otherwise qualifies for exemption under section 3 or 4 of this act, for purposes of determining the portion of the investment project that qualifies for deferral as an eligible investment project; and

(ii) The number of new full-time qualified employment positions created by an investment project shall be deemed to be reduced by the number of full-time employment positions maintained by the recipient in any other community in this state that are displaced as a result of the investment project.

((~~(c)~~)) (d) "Eligible investment project" does not include any portion of an investment project undertaken by a light and power business as defined in RCW 82.16.010(5), other than that portion of a cogeneration project((~~s that are both an integral part of a manufacturing facility and owned at least fifty percent by the manufacturer~~)) that is used to generate power for consumption within the manufacturing site of which the cogeneration project is an integral part, or investment projects which have already received deferrals under this chapter.

(5) "Investment project" means an investment in qualified buildings or qualified machinery and equipment, including labor and services rendered in the planning, installation, and construction of the project.

(6) "Manufacturing" means all activities of a commercial or industrial nature wherein labor or skill is applied, by hand or machinery, to materials so that as a result thereof a new, different, or useful substance or article of tangible personal property is produced for sale or commercial or industrial use and shall include the production or fabrication of specially made or custom made articles. "Manufacturing" also includes computer programming, the production of computer software, and other computer-related services, and the activities performed by research and development laboratories and commercial testing laboratories.

(7) "Person" has the meaning given in RCW 82.04.030.

(8) "Qualified buildings" means construction of new structures, and expansion or renovation of existing structures for the purpose of increasing floor space or production capacity used for manufacturing and research and development activities, including plant offices and warehouses or other facilities for the storage of raw material or finished goods if such facilities are an essential or an integral part of a factory, mill, plant, or laboratory used for manufacturing or research and development. If a building is used partly for manufacturing or research and development and partly for other purposes, the applicable tax deferral shall be determined by apportionment of the costs of construction under rules adopted by the department.

(9) "Qualified employment position" means a permanent full-time employee employed in the eligible investment project during the entire tax year.

(10) "Qualified machinery and equipment" means all new industrial and research fixtures, equipment, and support facilities that are an integral and necessary part of a manufacturing or research and development operation. "Qualified machinery and equipment" includes: Computers; software; data processing equipment; laboratory equipment; manufacturing components such as belts, pulleys, shafts, and moving parts; molds, tools, and dies; operating structures; and all equipment used to control or operate the machinery.

(11) "Recipient" means a person receiving a tax deferral under this chapter.

(12) "Research and development" means the development, refinement, testing, marketing, and commercialization of a product, service, or process before commercial sales have begun. As used in this subsection, "commercial sales" excludes sales of prototypes or sales for market testing if the total gross receipts from such sales of the product, service, or process do not exceed one million dollars.

Sec. 7. RCW 82.60.040 and 1994 sp.s. c 1 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The department shall issue a sales and use tax deferral certificate for state and local sales and use taxes due under chapters 82.08, 82.12, and 82.14 RCW on each eligible investment project that:

(a) Is located in an eligible area ((~~other than a designated neighborhood reinvestment area approved under RCW 43.63A.700~~)) as defined in RCW 82.60.020(3)(a), (b), (d), or (e);

(b) Is located in ((~~any county~~)) an eligible area as defined in RCW 82.60.020(3)(f) if seventy-five percent of the new qualified employment positions are to be filled by residents of a contiguous county that ((~~qualifies as~~)) is an eligible area as defined in RCW 82.60.020(3)(a) or (e); or

(c) Is located in ((~~a designated neighborhood reinvestment area approved under RCW 43.63A.700, or in a county containing such a neighborhood reinvestment area,~~)) an eligible area as defined in RCW 82.60.020(3)(c) if seventy-five percent of the new qualified employment positions are to be filled by residents of ((~~the neighborhood reinvestment area~~)) a designated community empowerment zone approved under RCW 43.63A.700 located within the county in which the eligible investment project is located.

(2) The department shall keep a running total of all deferrals granted under this chapter during each fiscal biennium.

Sec. 8. RCW 82.60.045 and 1994 sp.s. c 1 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

In addition to the other requirements of this chapter, a recipient of a tax deferral under RCW 82.60.040(1) (b) or (c) shall meet the following requirements:

(1) The recipient shall fill at least seventy-five percent of the new qualified employment positions with residents of the contiguous county or ((~~neighborhood reinvestment area~~)) community empowerment zone by December 31 of the calendar year during which the department certifies that the investment project is operationally completed, and shall maintain the required percentage during each of the seven succeeding calendar years.

(2) If the deferral is for expansion or diversification of an existing facility, the recipient shall ensure that the percentage of qualified employment positions filled by residents of the contiguous county or ((~~neighborhood reinvestment area~~)) community empowerment zone for periods prior to the application be maintained for seven calendar years after the year during which the department certifies that the investment project is operationally completed.

Sec. 9. RCW 82.60.070 and 1994 sp.s. c 1 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Each recipient of a deferral granted under this chapter prior to July 1, 1994, shall submit a report to the department on December 31st of each year during the repayment period until the tax deferral is repaid. Each recipient of a deferral granted under this chapter after June 30, 1994, shall submit a report to the department on December 31st of the year in which the investment project is certified by the department as having been operationally completed, and on December 31st of each of the seven succeeding calendar years. The report shall contain information, as required by the department, from which the department may determine whether the recipient is meeting the requirements of this chapter. If the recipient fails to submit a report or submits an inadequate report, the department may declare the amount of deferred taxes outstanding to be immediately assessed and payable.

(2) If, on the basis of a report under this section or other information, the department finds that an investment project is not eligible for tax deferral under this chapter for reasons other than failure to create the required number of qualified employment positions, the amount of deferred taxes outstanding for the project shall be immediately due.

(3) If, on the basis of a report under this section or other information, the department finds that an investment project for which a deferral has been granted under this chapter prior to July 1, 1994, has been operationally complete for three years and has failed to create the required number of qualified employment positions, the department shall assess interest, but not penalties, on the deferred taxes for the project. The interest shall be assessed at the rate provided for delinquent excise taxes, shall be assessed retroactively to the date of deferral, and shall accrue until the deferred taxes are repaid.

(4) If, on the basis of a report under this section or other information, the department finds that an investment project for which a deferral has been granted under this chapter after June 30, 1994, has been operationally complete for three years and has failed to create the required number of qualified employment positions, the amount of taxes not eligible for deferral shall be immediately due. The department shall assess interest at the rate provided for delinquent excise taxes, but not penalties, retroactively to the date of deferral.

(5) If, on the basis of a report under this section or other information, the department finds that an investment project qualifying for deferral under RCW 82.60.040(1) (b) or (c) has failed to comply with any requirement of RCW 82.60.045 for any calendar year for which reports are required under subsection (1) of this section, twelve and one-half percent of the amount of deferred taxes shall be immediately due. The department shall assess interest at the rate provided for delinquent excise taxes, but not penalties, retroactively to the date of deferral.

(6) Notwithstanding any other subsection of this section, deferred taxes on the following need not be repaid:

(a) Machinery and equipment, and sales of or charges made for labor and services, which at the time of purchase would have qualified for exemption under section 3 of this act; and

(b) Machinery and equipment which at the time of first use would have qualified for exemption under section 4 of this act.

Sec. 10. RCW 82.61.010 and 1994 c 125 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

(1) "Applicant" means a person applying for a tax deferral under this chapter.

(2) "Person" has the meaning given in RCW 82.04.030.

(3) "Department" means the department of revenue.

(4) "Eligible investment project" means:

(a) Construction of new buildings and the acquisition of new related machinery and equipment when the buildings, machinery, and equipment are to be used for either manufacturing or research and development activities, which construction is commenced prior to December 31, ((~~1998~~)) 1995; or

(b) Acquisition prior to December 31, ((~~1998~~)) 1995, of new machinery and equipment to be used for either manufacturing or research and development if the machinery and equipment is housed in a new leased structure. The lessor/owner of the structure is not eligible for a deferral unless the underlying ownership of the buildings, machinery, and equipment vests exclusively in the same person; or

(c) Acquisition of all new or used machinery, equipment, or other personal property for use in the production or casting of aluminum at an aluminum smelter or at facilities related to an aluminum smelter, if the plant was in operation prior to 1975 and has ceased operations or is in imminent danger of ceasing operations for economic reasons, as determined by the department, and if the person applying for a deferral (i) has consulted with any collective bargaining unit that represented employees of the plant pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that was in effect either immediately prior to the time the plant ceased operations or during the period when the plant was in imminent danger of ceasing operations, on the proposed operation of the plant and on the terms and conditions of employment for wage and salaried employees and (ii) has obtained a written concurrence from the bargaining unit on the decision to apply for a deferral under this chapter; or

(d) Modernization projects involving construction, acquisition, or upgrading of equipment or machinery, including services and labor, which are commenced after May 19, 1987, and are intended to increase the operating efficiency of existing plants which are either aluminum smelters or aluminum rolling mills or of facilities related to such plants, if the plant was in operation prior to 1975, and if the person applying for a deferral (i) has consulted with any collective bargaining unit that represents employees of the plant on the proposed operation of the plant and the terms and conditions of employment for wage and salaried employees and (ii) has obtained a written concurrence from the bargaining unit on the decision to apply for a deferral under this chapter.

(5) "Manufacturing" means all activities of a commercial or industrial nature wherein labor or skill is applied, by hand or machinery, to materials so that as a result thereof a new, different, or useful substance or article of tangible personal property is produced for sale or commercial or industrial use and includes the production or fabrication of specially made or custom-made articles.

(6) "Research and development" means the development, refinement, testing, marketing, and commercialization of a product, service, or process before commercial sales have begun.

(7) "Buildings" means only those new structures used for either manufacturing or research and development activities, including plant offices and warehouses or other facilities for the storage of raw materials or finished goods if such facilities are an essential or an integral part of a factory, mill, plant, or laboratory used for manufacturing or research and development purposes. If a building is used partly for manufacturing or research and development and partly for other purposes, the applicable tax deferral shall be determined by apportionment of the costs of construction under rules adopted by the department.

(8) "Machinery and equipment" means all industrial and research fixtures, equipment, and support facilities that are an integral and necessary part of a manufacturing or research and development operation. "Qualified machinery and equipment" includes computers; software; data processing equipment; laboratory equipment; manufacturing components such as belts, pulleys, shafts, and moving parts; molds, tools, and dies; operating structures; and all equipment used to control or operate the machinery. For purposes of this chapter, new machinery and equipment means either new to the taxing jurisdiction of the state or new to the certificate holder. Used machinery and equipment may be treated as new equipment and machinery if the certificate holder either brings the machinery and equipment into Washington or makes a retail purchase of the machinery and equipment in Washington or elsewhere.

(9) "Qualified employment position" means a permanent full-time employee employed in the eligible investment project during the entire tax year.

(10) "Recipient" means a person receiving a tax deferral under this chapter.

(11) "Certificate holder" means an applicant to whom a tax deferral certificate has been issued.

(12) "Operationally complete" means constructed or improved to the point of being functionally useable for the intended purpose.

(13) "Initiation of construction" means that date upon which on-site construction commences.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 11. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) RCW 82.61.020 and 1987 c 497 s 2 & 1985 ex.s. c 2 s 2; and

(2) RCW 82.61.040 and 1993 sp.s. c 25 s 408, 1988 c 41 s 2, 1986 c 116 s 10, & 1985 ex.s. c 2 s 8.

Sec. 12. RCW 82.63.010 and 1994 sp.s. c 5 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

(1) (("Advanced computing" means technologies used in the designing and developing of computing hardware and software, including innovations in designing the full spectrum of hardware from hand-held calculators to super computers, and peripheral equipment.

(2) "Advanced materials" means materials with engineered properties created through the development of specialized processing and synthesis technology, including ceramics, high value-added metals, electronic materials, composites, polymers, and biomaterials.

~~(3)~~)) "Applicant" means a person applying for a tax deferral under this chapter.

(((4) "Biotechnology" means the application of technologies, such as recombinant DNA techniques, biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, genetics and genetic engineering, cell fusion techniques, and new bioprocesses, using living organisms, or parts of organisms, to produce or modify products, to improve plants or animals, to develop microorganisms for specific uses, to identify targets for small molecule pharmaceutical development, or to transform biological systems into useful processes and products or to develop microorganisms for specific uses.

~~(5)~~)) (2) "Department" means the department of revenue.

(((6) "Electronic device technology" means technologies involving microelectronics; semiconductors; electronic equipment and instrumentation; radio frequency, microwave, and millimeter electronics; optical and optic-electrical devices; and data and digital communications and imaging devices.

~~(7)~~)) (3) "Eligible investment project" means ((~~that portion of~~)) an investment project which either initiates a new operation, or expands or diversifies a current operation by expanding, renovating, or equipping an existing facility ((~~with costs in excess of twenty-five percent of the true and fair value of the facility prior to improvement~~)). The lessor or owner of the qualified building is not eligible for a deferral unless the underlying ownership of the buildings, machinery, and equipment vests exclusively in the same person, or unless the lessor by written contract agrees to pass the economic benefit of the deferral to the lessee in the form of reduced rent payments.

((~~(8) "Environmental technology" means assessment and prevention of threats or damage to human health or the environment, environmental cleanup, and the development of alternative energy sources.~~

~~(9)~~)) (4) "Investment project" means an investment in qualified buildings or qualified machinery and equipment, including labor and services rendered in the planning, installation, and construction or improvement of the project.

((~~(10)~~)) (5) "Person" has the meaning given in RCW 82.04.030.

((~~(11)~~)) (6) "Pilot scale manufacturing" means design, construction, and testing of preproduction prototypes and models ((~~in the fields of biotechnology, advanced computing, electronic device technology, advanced materials, and environmental technology~~)) other than for commercial sale. As used in this subsection, "commercial sale" excludes sales of prototypes or sales for market testing if the total gross receipts from such sales of the product, service, or process do not exceed one million dollars.

((~~(12)~~)) (7) "Qualified buildings" means construction of new structures, and expansion or renovation of existing structures for the purpose of increasing floor space or production capacity used for pilot scale manufacturing or ((~~qualified~~)) research and development, including plant offices and other facilities that are an essential or an integral part of a structure used for pilot scale manufacturing or ((~~qualified~~)) research and development. If a building is used partly for pilot scale manufacturing or ((~~qualified~~)) research and development, and partly for other purposes, the applicable tax deferral shall be determined by apportionment of the costs of construction under rules adopted by the department.

((~~(13)~~)) (8) "Qualified machinery and equipment" means fixtures, equipment, and support facilities that are an integral and necessary part of a pilot scale manufacturing or ((~~qualified~~)) research and development operation. "Qualified machinery and equipment" includes: Computers; software; data processing equipment; laboratory equipment, instrumentation, and other devices used in a process of experimentation to develop a new or improved pilot model, plant process, product, formula, invention, or similar property; manufacturing components such as belts, pulleys, shafts, and moving parts; molds, tools, and dies; vats, tanks, and fermenters; operating structures; and all other equipment used to control, monitor, or operate the machinery. For purposes of this chapter, qualified machinery and equipment must be either new to the taxing jurisdiction of the state or new to the certificate holder, except that used machinery and equipment may be treated as qualified machinery and equipment if the certificate holder either brings the machinery and equipment into Washington or makes a retail purchase of the machinery and equipment in Washington or elsewhere.

(((14) "Qualified research and development" means research and development performed within this state in the fields of advanced computing, advanced materials, biotechnology, electronic device technology, and environmental technology.

~~(15)~~)) (9) "Recipient" means a person receiving a tax deferral under this chapter.

((~~(16)~~)) (10) "Research and development" means activities performed to discover technological information, and technical and nonroutine activities concerned with translating technological information into new or improved products, processes, techniques, formulas, inventions, or software. The term includes exploration of a new use for an existing drug, device, or biological product if the new use requires separate licensing by the federal food and drug administration under chapter 21, C.F.R., as amended. The term does not include adaptation or duplication of existing products where the products are not substantially improved by application of the technology, nor does the term include surveys and studies, social science and humanities research, market research or testing, quality control, sale promotion and service, computer software developed for internal use, and research in areas such as improved style, taste, and seasonal design.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 13. A new section is added to chapter 82.63 RCW to read as follows:

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, taxes deferred under this chapter need not be repaid.

(2) If, on the basis of a report under RCW 82.63.020 or other information, the department finds that an investment project is used for purposes other than research and development or pilot scale manufacturing at any time during the calendar year in which the investment project is certified by the department as having been operationally completed, or at any time during any of the seven succeeding calendar years, a portion of deferred taxes shall be immediately due according to the following schedule:

Year in which use occurs % of deferred taxes due

1 100%

2 87.5%

3 75%

4 62.5%

5 50%

6 37.5%

7 25%

8 12.5%

The department shall assess interest at the rate provided for delinquent taxes, but not penalties, retroactively to the date of deferral.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, deferred taxes on the following need not be repaid:

(a) Machinery and equipment, and sales of or charges made for labor and services, which at the time of purchase would have qualified for exemption under section 3 of this act; and

(b) Machinery and equipment which at the time of first use would have qualified for exemption under section 4 of this act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 14. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) RCW 82.63.040 and 1994 sp.s. c 5 s 6; and

(2) RCW 82.63.050 and 1994 sp.s. c 5 s 7.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 15. A new section is added to chapter 82.14 RCW to read as follows:

(1) For purposes of this section "machinery and equipment exemptions" means the sales and use tax exemptions for manufacturing machinery and equipment provided in sections 3 and 4 of this act and sales and use tax deferrals for manufacturing machinery and equipment provided in chapters 82.60 and 82.63 RCW.

(2) A local government that imposes the sales and use tax under RCW 82.14.030 or 82.14.045 is eligible to receive payment from the state treasurer, from amounts appropriated by the legislature for that purpose, of an amount equal to the amount by which local sales and use tax revenues lost by the local government as a result of machinery and equipment exemptions exceeds five percent of local sales and use tax collections by the local government during the period July 1, 1995, through December 31, 1995, or any calendar year thereafter. If amounts appropriated by the legislature are insufficient to pay the full amount to which all local governments are eligible the payment to each eligible local government shall be reduced in equal proportions.

(3) For purposes of subsection (2) of this section, local sales and use tax collections by the local government shall be deemed to include sales and use tax equalization funds distributed to the local government pursuant to RCW 82.14.200 and 82.14.210. Fifty percent of the sales and use tax equalization funds received by a local government during calendar year 1995 shall be deemed to have been received during the period July 1, 1995, through December 31, 1995, regardless of when actually received.

(4) Upon application of a local government, the department shall certify to the state treasurer the amount of payment for which the local government is eligible and the state treasurer shall pay, from amounts appropriated for that purpose, the amount to the treasurer of the local government by March 1, 1996, for the period July 1, 1995, through December 31, 1995, and by March 1 of each year thereafter for the preceding calendar year.

(5) The department shall by rule establish application procedures and methods for determining amounts for which local governments are eligible under this section.

Sec. 16. RCW 82.04.4452 and 1994 sp.s. c 5 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) In computing the tax imposed under this chapter, a credit is allowed for each person whose research and development spending during the year in which the credit is claimed exceeds 0.92 percent of the person's taxable amount during the same calendar year.

(2) The credit is equal to the greater of the amount of qualified research and development expenditures of a person or eighty percent of amounts received by a person other than a public educational or research institution in compensation for the conduct of qualified research and development, multiplied by the rate of 0.515 percent in the case of a nonprofit corporation or nonprofit association engaging within this state in research and development, and 2.5 percent for every other person.

(3) Any person entitled to the credit provided in subsection (2) of this section as a result of qualified research and development conducted under contract may assign all or any portion of the credit to the person contracting for the performance of the qualified research and development.

(4) The credit, including any credit assigned to a person under subsection (3) of this section, shall be taken against taxes due for the same calendar year in which the qualified research and development expenditures are incurred. The credit, including any credit assigned to a person under subsection (3) of this section, for each calendar year shall not exceed the lesser of two million dollars or the amount of tax otherwise due under this chapter for the calendar year.

(5) Any person taking the credit, including any credit assigned to a person under subsection (3) of this section, whose research and development spending during the calendar year in which the credit is claimed fails to exceed 0.92 percent of the person's taxable amount during the same calendar year shall be liable for payment of the additional taxes represented by the amount of credit taken together with interest, but not penalties. Interest shall be due at the rate provided for delinquent excise taxes retroactively to the date the credit was taken until the taxes are paid. Any credit assigned to a person under subsection (3) of this section that is disallowed as a result of this section may be taken by the person who performed the qualified research and development subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (4) of this section.

(6) Any person claiming the credit, and any person assigning a credit as provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall file an affidavit form prescribed by the department which shall include the amount of the credit claimed, an estimate of the anticipated qualified research and development expenditures during the calendar year for which the credit is claimed, an estimate of the taxable amount during the calendar year for which the credit is claimed, and such additional information as the department may prescribe.

(7) A person claiming the credit shall agree to supply the department with information necessary to measure the results of the tax credit program for qualified research and development expenditures.

(8) The department shall use the information required under subsection (7) of this section to perform three assessments on the tax credit program authorized under this section. The assessments will take place in 1997, 2000, and 2003. The department shall prepare reports on each assessment and deliver their reports by September 1, 1997, September 1, 2000, and September 1, 2003. The assessments shall measure the effect of the program on job creation, the number of jobs created for Washington residents, company growth, the introduction of new products, the diversification of the state's economy, growth in research and development investment, the movement of firms or the consolidation of firms' operations into the state, and such other factors as the department selects.

(9) For the purpose of this section:

(a) "Advanced computing" means technologies used in the designing and developing of computing hardware and software, including innovations in designing the full spectrum of hardware from hand-held calculators to super computers, and peripheral equipment.

(b) "Advanced materials" means materials with engineered properties created through the development of specialized processing and synthesis technology, including ceramics, high value-added metals, electronic materials, composites, polymers, and biomaterials.

(c) "Biotechnology" means the application of technologies, such as recombinant DNA techniques, biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, genetics and genetic engineering, cell fusion techniques, and new bioprocesses, using living organisms, or parts of organisms, to produce or modify products, to improve plants or animals, to develop microorganisms for specific uses, to identify targets for small molecule pharmaceutical development, or to transform biological systems into useful processes and products or to develop microorganisms for specific uses.

(d) "Electronic device technology" means technologies involving microelectronics; semiconductors; electronic equipment and instrumentation; radio frequency, microwave, and millimeter electronics; optical and optic-electrical devices; and data and digital communications and imaging devices.

(e) "Environmental technology" means assessment and prevention of threats or damage to human health or the environment, environmental cleanup, and the development of alternative energy sources.

(f) "Qualified research and development expenditures" means operating expenses, including wages, compensation of a proprietor or a partner in a partnership as determined under rules adopted by the department, benefits, supplies, and computer expenses, directly incurred in qualified research and development by a person claiming the credit provided in this section. The term does not include amounts paid to a person other than a public educational or research institution to conduct qualified research and development. Nor does the term include capital costs and overhead, such as expenses for land, structures, or depreciable property.

((~~(b)~~)) (g) "Qualified research and development" ((~~shall have the same meaning as in RCW 82.63.010~~)) means research and development performed within this state in the fields of advanced computing, advanced materials, biotechnology, electronic device technology, and environmental technology.

((~~(c)~~)) (h) "Research and development spending" means qualified research and development expenditures plus eighty percent of amounts paid to a person other than a public educational or research institution to conduct qualified research and development.

((~~(d)~~)) (i) "Taxable amount" means the taxable amount subject to the tax imposed in this chapter required to be reported on the person's combined excise tax returns during the year in which the credit is claimed, less any taxable amount for which a credit is allowed under RCW 82.04.440.

(10) This section shall expire December 31, 2004.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 17. If specific funding for the purposes of section 15 of this act, referencing that section by bill and section number, is not provided by June 30, 1995, in the omnibus appropriations act, section 15 of this act is null and void. The amount appropriated for the purposes of section 15 of this act for the biennium ending June 30, 1997, shall not exceed two million dollars.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 18. The department of revenue shall perform an assessment of the results of the tax exemption authorized under sections 2 through 15 of this act and deliver a report to the governor and the legislature by September 1, 1998. The assessment shall measure the effect of the exemption on the creation of jobs, diversification of the state's economy, and other factors the department may select.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 19. A new section is added to chapter 84.55 RCW to read as follows:

STATE LEVY. The state levy for collection in 1996 shall not exceed ninety percent of the amount that could be levied under the law as in effect on January 1, 1995. Levies collected before 1996 shall not be used as a base for calculating limits for state levies for collection after 1996.

Sec. 20. RCW 82.04.255 and 1993 sp.s. c 25 s 202 are each amended to read as follows:

Upon every person engaging within the state as a real estate broker; as to such persons, the amount of the tax with respect to such business shall be equal to the gross income of the business, multiplied by the rate of ((~~2.0~~)) 1.75 percent.

The measure of the tax on real estate commissions earned by the real estate broker shall be the gross commission earned by the particular real estate brokerage office including that portion of the commission paid to salesmen or associate brokers in the same office on a particular transaction: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That where a real estate commission is divided between an originating brokerage office and a cooperating brokerage office on a particular transaction, each brokerage office shall pay the tax only upon their respective shares of said commission: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That where the brokerage office has paid the tax as provided herein, salesmen or associate brokers within the same brokerage office shall not be required to pay a similar tax upon the same transaction.

Sec. 21. RCW 82.04.290 and 1993 sp.s. c 25 s 203 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Upon every person engaging within this state in the business of providing selected business services other than or in addition to those enumerated in RCW 82.04.250 or 82.04.270; as to such persons the amount of tax on account of such activities shall be equal to the gross income of the business multiplied by the rate of 2.5 percent.

(2) Upon every person engaging within this state in banking, loan, security, investment management, investment advisory, or other financial businesses; as to such persons, the amount of the tax with respect to such business shall be equal to the gross income of the business, multiplied by the rate of 1.70 percent.

(3) Upon every person engaging within this state in any business activity other than or in addition to those enumerated in RCW 82.04.230, 82.04.240, 82.04.250, 82.04.255, 82.04.260, 82.04.270, ((~~and~~)) 82.04.280, and section 61 of this act, and subsections (1) and (2) of this section; as to such persons the amount of tax on account of such activities shall be equal to the gross income of the business multiplied by the rate of 2.0 percent.

This section includes, among others, and without limiting the scope hereof (whether or not title to materials used in the performance of such business passes to another by accession, confusion or other than by outright sale), persons engaged in the business of rendering any type of service which does not constitute a "sale at retail" or a "sale at wholesale." The value of advertising, demonstration, and promotional supplies and materials furnished to an agent by his principal or supplier to be used for informational, educational and promotional purposes shall not be considered a part of the agent's remuneration or commission and shall not be subject to taxation under this section.

Sec. 22. RCW 82.04.290 and 1995 c ... s 21 (section 21 of this act) are each amended to read as follows:

(2) Upon every person engaging within this state in banking, loan, security, investment management, investment advisory, or other financial businesses, other than or in addition to those enumerated in subsection (3) of this section; as to such persons, the amount of the tax with respect to such business shall be equal to the gross income of the business, multiplied by the rate of ((~~1.70~~)) 1.6 percent.

(3) Upon every person engaging within this state in the business of providing international investment management services, as to such persons, the amount of tax with respect to such business shall be equal to the gross income or gross proceeds of sales of the business multiplied by a rate of 0.275 percent.

(4) Upon every person engaging within this state in any business activity other than or in addition to those enumerated in RCW 82.04.230, 82.04.240, 82.04.250, 82.04.255, 82.04.260, 82.04.270, 82.04.280, and section 61 of this act, and subsections (1) ((~~and~~)), (2), and (3) of this section; as to such persons the amount of tax on account of such activities shall be equal to the gross income of the business multiplied by the rate of ((~~2.0~~)) 1.75 percent.

Sec. 23. RCW 82.04.255 and 1995 c . . . s 20 (section 20 of this act) are each amended to read as follows:

Sec. 24. RCW 82.04.290 and 1995 c . . . s 22 (section 22 of this act) are each amended to read as follows:

(4) Upon every person engaging within this state in any business activity other than or in addition to those enumerated in RCW 82.04.230, 82.04.240, 82.04.250, 82.04.255, 82.04.260, 82.04.270, 82.04.280, and section 61 of this act, and subsections (1), (2), and (3) of this section; as to such persons the amount of tax on account of such activities shall be equal to the gross income of the business multiplied by the rate of ((~~1.75~~)) 1.5 percent.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 25. RCW 82.04.2201 and 1994 sp.s. c 10 s 1 & 1993 sp.s. c 25 s 204 are each repealed.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 26. The repeal in section 25 of this act shall not be construed as affecting any existing right acquired or liability or obligation incurred under the statute repealed or under any rule or order adopted pursuant to that statute; nor as affecting any proceeding instituted under it.

Sec. 27. RCW 82.04.260 and 1993 sp.s. c 25 s 104 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Upon every person engaging within this state in the business of buying wheat, oats, dry peas, dry beans, lentils, triticale, canola, corn, rye and barley, but not including any manufactured or processed products thereof, and selling the same at wholesale; the tax imposed shall be equal to the gross proceeds derived from such sales multiplied by the rate of 0.011 percent.

(2) Upon every person engaging within this state in the business of manufacturing wheat into flour, barley into pearl barley, soybeans into soybean oil, processing canola into canola oil, or sunflower seeds into sunflower oil; as to such persons the amount of tax with respect to such business shall be equal to the value of the flour, pearl barley, or oil manufactured, multiplied by the rate of 0.138 percent.

(3) Upon every person engaging within this state in the business of splitting or processing dried peas; as to such persons the amount of tax with respect to such business shall be equal to the value of the peas split or processed, multiplied by the rate of 0.275 percent.

(4) Upon every person engaging within this state in the business of manufacturing seafood products which remain in a raw, raw frozen, or raw salted state at the completion of the manufacturing by that person; as to such persons the amount of tax with respect to such business shall be equal to the value of the products manufactured, multiplied by the rate of 0.138 percent.

(5) Upon every person engaging within this state in the business of manufacturing by canning, preserving, freezing or dehydrating fresh fruits and vegetables; as to such persons the amount of tax with respect to such business shall be equal to the value of the products canned, preserved, frozen or dehydrated multiplied by the rate of 0.33 percent.

(6) Upon every nonprofit corporation and nonprofit association engaging within this state in research and development, as to such corporations and associations, the amount of tax with respect to such activities shall be equal to the gross income derived from such activities multiplied by the rate of 0.484 percent.

(7) Upon every person engaging within this state in the business of slaughtering, breaking and/or processing perishable meat products and/or selling the same at wholesale only and not at retail; as to such persons the tax imposed shall be equal to the gross proceeds derived from such sales multiplied by the rate of 0.138 percent.

(8) Upon every person engaging within this state in the business of making sales, at retail or wholesale, of nuclear fuel assemblies manufactured by that person, as to such persons the amount of tax with respect to such business shall be equal to the gross proceeds of sales of the assemblies multiplied by the rate of 0.275 percent.

(9) Upon every person engaging within this state in the business of manufacturing nuclear fuel assemblies, as to such persons the amount of tax with respect to such business shall be equal to the value of the products manufactured multiplied by the rate of 0.275 percent.

(10) Upon every person engaging within this state in the business of acting as a travel agent; as to such persons the amount of the tax with respect to such activities shall be equal to the gross income derived from such activities multiplied by the rate of 0.275 percent.

(11) Upon every person engaging within this state in business as an international steamship agent, international customs house broker, international freight forwarder, vessel and/or cargo charter broker in foreign commerce, and/or international air cargo agent; as to such persons the amount of the tax with respect to only international activities shall be equal to the gross income derived from such activities multiplied by the rate of 0.363 percent.

(12) Upon every person engaging within this state in the business of stevedoring and associated activities pertinent to the movement of goods and commodities in waterborne interstate or foreign commerce; as to such persons the amount of tax with respect to such business shall be equal to the gross proceeds derived from such activities multiplied by the rate of 0.363 percent. Persons subject to taxation under this subsection shall be exempt from payment of taxes imposed by chapter 82.16 RCW for that portion of their business subject to taxation under this subsection. Stevedoring and associated activities pertinent to the conduct of goods and commodities in waterborne interstate or foreign commerce are defined as all activities of a labor, service or transportation nature whereby cargo may be loaded or unloaded to or from vessels or barges, passing over, onto or under a wharf, pier, or similar structure; cargo may be moved to a warehouse or similar holding or storage yard or area to await further movement in import or export or may move to a consolidation freight station and be stuffed, unstuffed, containerized, separated or otherwise segregated or aggregated for delivery or loaded on any mode of transportation for delivery to its consignee. Specific activities included in this definition are: Wharfage, handling, loading, unloading, moving of cargo to a convenient place of delivery to the consignee or a convenient place for further movement to export mode; documentation services in connection with the receipt, delivery, checking, care, custody and control of cargo required in the transfer of cargo; imported automobile handling prior to delivery to consignee; terminal stevedoring and incidental vessel services, including but not limited to plugging and unplugging refrigerator service to containers, trailers, and other refrigerated cargo receptacles, and securing ship hatch covers.

(13) Upon every person engaging within this state in the business of disposing of low-level waste, as defined in RCW 43.145.010; as to such persons the amount of the tax with respect to such business shall be equal to the gross income of the business, excluding any fees imposed under chapter 43.200 RCW, multiplied by the rate of 3.3 percent.

If the gross income of the taxpayer is attributable to activities both within and without this state, the gross income attributable to this state shall be determined in accordance with the methods of apportionment required under RCW 82.04.460.

(14) Upon every person engaging within this state as an insurance agent, insurance broker, or insurance solicitor licensed under chapter 48.17 RCW; as to such persons, the amount of the tax with respect to such licensed activities shall be equal to the gross income of such business multiplied by the rate of ((~~1.1~~)) 0.55 percent. However, if the insurer has paid the tax as provided under this chapter for a transaction, the insurance agent, insurance broker, or insurance solicitor licensed under chapter 48.17 RCW shall not be required to pay a similar tax upon the same gross income for the same transaction.

(15) Upon every person engaging within this state in business as a hospital, as defined in chapter 70.41 RCW, that is operated as a nonprofit corporation or by the state or any of its political subdivisions, as to such persons, the amount of tax with respect to such activities shall be equal to the gross income of the business multiplied by the rate of 0.75 percent through June 30, 1995, and 1.5 percent thereafter. The moneys collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the health services account created under RCW 43.72.900.

Sec. 28. RCW 84.33.035 and 1986 c 315 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

(1) "Agricultural methods" means the cultivation of trees that are grown on land prepared by intensive cultivation and tilling, such as irrigating, plowing, or turning over the soil, and on which all unwanted plant growth is controlled continuously for the exclusive purpose of raising trees such as Christmas trees and short-rotation hardwoods.

(2) "Composite property tax rate" for a county means the total amount of property taxes levied upon forest lands by all taxing districts in the county other than the state, divided by the total assessed value of all forest land in the county.

((~~(2)~~)) (3) "Forest land" means forest land which is classified or designated forest land under this chapter.

((~~(3)~~)) (4) "Harvested" means the time when in the ordinary course of business the quantity of timber by species is first definitely determined. The amount harvested shall be determined by the Scribner Decimal C Scale or other prevalent measuring practice adjusted to arrive at substantially equivalent measurements, as approved by the department of revenue.

((~~(4)~~)) (5) "Harvester" means every person who from the person's own land or from the land of another under a right or license granted by lease or contract, either directly or by contracting with others for the necessary labor or mechanical services, fells, cuts, or takes timber for sale or for commercial or industrial use: PROVIDED, That whenever the United States or any instrumentality thereof, the state, including its departments and institutions and political subdivisions, or any municipal corporation therein so fells, cuts, or takes timber for sale or for commercial or industrial use, the harvester is the first person other than the United States or any instrumentality thereof, the state, including its departments and institutions and political subdivisions, or any municipal corporation therein, who acquires title to or a possessory interest in such timber. The term "harvester" does not include persons performing under contract the necessary labor or mechanical services for a harvester.

((~~(5)~~)) (6) "Short-rotation hardwoods" means hardwood trees, such as but not limited to hybrid cottonwoods, cultivated by agricultural methods in growing cycles shorter than ten years.

(7) "Stumpage value of timber" means the appropriate stumpage value shown on tables prepared by the department of revenue under RCW 84.33.091, provided that for timber harvested from public land and sold under a competitive bidding process, stumpage value shall mean that actual amount paid to the seller in cash or other consideration. Whenever payment for the stumpage includes considerations other than cash, the value shall be the fair market value of the other consideration, provided that if the other consideration is permanent roads, the value of the roads shall be the appraised value as appraised by the seller.

((~~(6)~~)) (8) "Timber" means forest trees, standing or down, on privately or publicly owned land, and except as provided in RCW 84.33.170 includes Christmas trees and short-rotation hardwoods.

((~~(7)~~)) (9) "Timber assessed value" for a county means a value, calculated by the department of revenue before October 1 of each year, equal to the total stumpage value of timber harvested from privately owned land in the county during the most recent four calendar quarters for which the information is available multiplied by a ratio. The numerator of the ratio is the rate of tax imposed by the county under RCW 84.33.051 for the year of the calculation. The denominator of the ratio is the composite property tax rate for the county for taxes due in the year of the calculation, expressed as a percentage of assessed value.

((~~(8)~~)) (10) "Timber assessed value" for a taxing district means the timber assessed value for the county multiplied by a ratio. The numerator of the ratio is the total assessed value of forest land in the taxing district. The denominator is the total assessed value of forest land in the county. As used in this section, "assessed value of forest land" means the assessed value of forest land for taxes due in the year the timber assessed value for the county is calculated.

Sec. 29. RCW 84.33.170 and 1984 c 204 s 24 are each amended to read as follows:

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, this chapter shall not exempt from the ad valorem tax nor subject to the excise tax imposed by this chapter, Christmas trees ((which are grown on land which has been prepared by intensive cultivation and tilling, such as by plowing or turning over the soil, and on which all unwanted plant growth is controlled continuously for the exclusive purpose of raising such Christmas trees)) and short-rotation hardwoods, which are cultivated by agricultural methods, and such land on which such Christmas trees and short-rotation hardwoods stand shall not be taxed as provided in RCW 84.33.100 through 84.33.140. However, short-rotation hardwoods, which are cultivated by agricultural methods, on land classified as timber land under chapter 84.34 RCW, shall be subject to the excise tax imposed under this chapter.

Sec. 30. RCW 83.100.070 and 1988 c 64 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Any tax due under this chapter which is not paid by the due date under RCW 83.100.060(1) shall bear interest at the rate of twelve percent per annum from the date the tax is due until paid.

(2) If the Washington return is not filed when due under RCW 83.100.050, then the person required to file the federal return shall pay, in addition to interest, a penalty equal to five percent of the tax due for each month after the date the return is due until filed. No penalty may exceed twenty-five percent of the tax due or ten thousand dollars, whichever amount is lower. If the department finds that a return due under this chapter has not been filed by the due date, and the delinquency was the result of circumstances beyond the control of the person required to file the federal return, the department shall waive or cancel any penalties imposed under this chapter with respect to the filing of such a tax return. The department shall prescribe rules for the waiver or cancellation of the penalties imposed by this section.

Sec. 31. RCW 82.27.030 and 1985 c 413 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

The tax imposed by RCW 82.27.020 shall not apply to: (1) Enhanced food fish originating outside the state which enters the state as (a) frozen enhanced food fish or (b) enhanced food fish packaged for retail sales; (2) the growing, processing, or dealing with food fish or shellfish which are raised from eggs ((or)), fry, or larvae and which are under the physical control of the grower at all times until being sold or harvested; and (3) food fish, shellfish, anadromous game fish, and byproducts or parts of food fish shipped from outside the state which enter the state, except as provided in RCW 82.27.010, provided the taxpayer must have documentation showing shipping origination of fish exempt under this subsection to qualify for exemption. Such documentation includes, but is not limited to fish tickets, bills of lading, invoices, or other documentation required to be kept by governmental agencies.

Sec. 32. RCW 82.04.365 and 1979 ex.s. c 196 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:

BAZAARS, RUMMAGE SALES, MEALS, AND LIBRARY SALES‑-BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION TAX EXEMPTION. (1) This chapter does not apply to ((~~amounts derived~~)) the first thirty-five thousand dollars received in a calendar year by a nonprofit organization as a result of conducting or participating in a bazaar or rummage sale if:

(a) The organization does not conduct or participate in more than ((~~two~~)) twelve bazaars or rummage sales per year; and

(b) Each bazaar or rummage sale does not extend over a period of more than ((~~two~~)) five days((~~; and~~

~~(c) The gross income received by each organization from each bazaar or rummage sale does not exceed one thousand dollars~~)).

(2) This chapter does not apply to the first fifty thousand dollars received in a calendar year by a nonprofit organization as a result of meal-serving events for fund-raising purposes, if:

(a) Each meal-serving event occurs no more than one day every two weeks; or

(b) Each meal-serving event does not extend over a period of more than five days and is held no more frequently than three times per year.

(3) This chapter does not apply to the first thirty-five thousand dollars received in a calendar year by a nonprofit organization from sales of used books, used videos, used sound recordings, or similar used information products, if substantially all of the net proceeds from the sales are used to support a library as defined in RCW 27.12.010.

(4) For purposes of this section, "nonprofit organization" means an organization that meets all of the following criteria:

(a) The members, stockholders, officers, directors, or trustees of the organization do not receive any part of the organization's gross income, except as payment for services rendered;

(b) The compensation received by any person for services rendered to the organization does not exceed an amount reasonable under the circumstances; and

(c) The activities of the organization do not include a substantial amount of political activity, including but not limited to influencing legislation and participation in any campaign on behalf of any candidate for political office.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 33. A new section is added to chapter 82.08 RCW to read as follows:

BAZAARS, RUMMAGE SALES, MEALS, AND LIBRARY SALES‑-SALES TAX EXEMPTION. The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to a sale made by a nonprofit organization if the gross income from the sale is exempt under RCW 82.04.365.

Sec. 34. RCW 82.04.366 and 1991 c 51 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

AUCTIONS‑-BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION TAX EXEMPTION. (1) This chapter does not apply to amounts received by a public benefit nonprofit organization from sales at an auction that the organization conducts or participates in, if:

(a) The organization does not conduct or participate in more than ((~~one~~)) two auctions per year; and

(b) The auction does not extend over a period of more than ((~~two~~)) five days.

(2) As used in this section, "public benefit nonprofit organization" means an organization exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code, as in effect on January 1, 1991, or a subsequent date provided by the director by rule consistent with the purpose of this section.

Sec. 35. RCW 82.08.02571 and 1991 c 51 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

AUCTIONS‑-SALES TAX EXEMPTION. (1) The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to sales made by a public benefit nonprofit organization at an auction that the organization conducts or participates in, if:

(a) The organization does not conduct or participate in more than ((~~one~~)) two auctions per year; and

(b) The auction does not extend over a period of more than ((~~two~~)) five days.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 36. A new section is added to chapter 82.12 RCW to read as follows:

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply in respect to the use of military aircraft training equipment transferred to Washington state from another military installation in another state as a result of the base closure act, P.L. 101-510, as amended by P.L. 102-311, 102-484, 103-160, 103-337, and 103-421.

Sec. 37. RCW 9.41.070 and 1994 sp.s. c 7 s 407 and 1994 c 190 s 2 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

(1) The judge of a court of record, the chief of police of a municipality, or the sheriff of a county, shall within thirty days after the filing of an application of any person issue a license to such person to carry a pistol concealed on his or her person within this state for four years from date of issue, for the purposes of protection or while engaged in business, sport, or while traveling. However, if the applicant does not have a valid permanent Washington driver's license or Washington state identification card or has not been a resident of the state for the previous consecutive ninety days, the issuing authority shall have up to sixty days after the filing of the application to issue a license. The issuing authority shall not refuse to accept completed applications for concealed pistol licenses during regular business hours.

The applicant's constitutional right to bear arms shall not be denied, unless he or she:

(a) Is ineligible to possess a firearm under the provisions of RCW 9.41.040;

(b) Is under twenty‑one years of age;

(c) Is subject to a court order or injunction regarding firearms pursuant to RCW 9A.46.080, 10.14.080, 10.99.040, 10.99.045, 26.09.050, 26.09.060, 26.10.040, 26.10.115, 26.26.130, 26.26.137, 26.50.060, or 26.50.070;

(d) Is free on bond or personal recognizance pending trial, appeal, or sentencing for a serious offense;

(e) Has an outstanding warrant for his or her arrest from any court of competent jurisdiction for a felony or misdemeanor;

(f) Has been ordered to forfeit a firearm under RCW 9.41.098(1)((~~(d)~~)) (e) within one year before filing an application to carry a pistol concealed on his or her person; or

(g)(i) Has been convicted of any crime against a child or other person listed in RCW 43.43.830(5).

(ii) Except as provided in (g)(iii) of this subsection, any person who becomes ineligible for a concealed pistol license as a result of a conviction for a crime listed in (g)(i) of this subsection and then successfully completes all terms of his or her sentence, as evidenced by a certificate of discharge issued under RCW 9.94A.220 in the case of a sentence under chapter 9.94A RCW, and has not again been convicted of any crime and is not under indictment for any crime, may, one year or longer after such successful sentence completion, petition a court of record for a declaration that the person is no longer ineligible for a concealed pistol license under (g)(i) of this subsection.

(iii) No person convicted of a serious offense as defined in RCW 9.41.010 may have his or her right to possess firearms restored, unless the person has been granted relief from disabilities by the secretary of the treasury under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 925(c), or RCW 9.41.040 (3) or (4) applies.

(2) The issuing authority shall check with the national crime information center, the Washington state patrol electronic data base, the department of social and health services electronic data base, and with other agencies or resources as appropriate, to determine whether the applicant is ineligible under RCW 9.41.040 to possess a pistol and therefore ineligible for a concealed pistol license. This subsection applies whether the applicant is applying for a new concealed pistol license or to renew a concealed pistol license.

(3) Any person whose firearms rights have been restricted and who has been granted relief from disabilities by the secretary of the treasury under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 925(c) or who is exempt under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 921(a)(20)(A) shall have his or her right to acquire, receive, transfer, ship, transport, carry, and possess firearms in accordance with Washington state law restored except as otherwise prohibited by this chapter.

(4) The license application shall be in triplicate, in form to be prescribed by the department of licensing, and shall bear the full name, street address, date and place of birth, race, gender, description, fingerprints, and signature of the licensee, and the licensee's driver's license number or state identification card number if used for identification in applying for the license. A signed application for a concealed pistol license shall constitute a waiver of confidentiality and written request that the department of social and health services, mental health institutions, and other health care facilities release information relevant to the applicant's eligibility for a concealed pistol license to an inquiring court or law enforcement agency.

The license application shall contain a warning substantially as follows:

CAUTION: Although state and local laws do not differ, federal law and state law on the possession of firearms differ. If you are prohibited by federal law from possessing a firearm, you may be prosecuted in federal court. A state license is not a defense to a federal prosecution.

The license application shall contain a description of the major differences between state and federal law and an explanation of the fact that local laws and ordinances on firearms are preempted by state law and must be consistent with state law. The application shall contain questions about the applicant's eligibility under RCW 9.41.040 to possess a pistol, the applicant's place of birth, whether the applicant is a United States citizen, and whether he or she has been required to register with the state or federal government and has an identification or registration number. The applicant shall not be required to produce a birth certificate or other evidence of citizenship. A person who is not a citizen of the United States shall meet the additional requirements of RCW 9.41.170.

The original thereof shall be delivered to the licensee, the duplicate shall within seven days be sent by registered mail to the director of licensing and the triplicate shall be preserved for six years, by the authority issuing the license.

The department of licensing shall make available to law enforcement and corrections agencies, in an on-line format, all information received under this subsection.

(5) The fee for the original issuance of a four‑year license shall be ((~~fifty~~)) twenty-five dollars. No other branch or unit of state or local government may impose any additional charges on the applicant for the issuance of the license. Any fee charged by the federal government for processing of fingerprint applications may be passed on to the applicant.

The fee shall be distributed as follows:

(a) ((~~Fifteen~~)) Four dollars shall be paid to the state general fund;

(b) ((~~Ten~~)) Four dollars shall be paid to the agency taking the fingerprints of the person licensed;

(c) ((~~Fifteen~~)) Fourteen dollars shall be paid to the issuing authority for the purpose of enforcing this chapter; and

(d) ((~~Ten~~)) Three dollars to the firearms range account in the general fund.

(6) The fee for the renewal of such license shall be ((~~fifty~~)) fifteen dollars. No other branch or unit of state or local government may impose any additional charges on the applicant for the renewal of the license. Any fee charged by the federal government for processing of fingerprint applications may be passed on to the applicant.

The renewal fee shall be distributed as follows:

(a) ((~~Twenty~~)) Four dollars shall be paid to the state general fund;

(b) ((~~Twenty~~)) Eight dollars shall be paid to the issuing authority for the purpose of enforcing this chapter; and

(7) Payment shall be by cash, check, or money order at the option of the applicant. Additional methods of payment may be allowed at the option of the issuing authority.

(8) A licensee may renew a license if the licensee applies for renewal within ninety days before or after the expiration date of the license. A license so renewed shall take effect on the expiration date of the prior license. A licensee renewing after the expiration date of the license must pay a late renewal penalty of ((~~twenty~~)) ten dollars in addition to the renewal fee specified in subsection (6) of this section. The fee shall be distributed as follows:

(a) ((~~Ten~~)) Three dollars shall be deposited in the state wildlife fund and used exclusively for the printing and distribution of a pamphlet on the legal limits of the use of firearms, firearms safety, and the preemptive nature of state law. The pamphlet shall be given to each applicant for a license; and

(b) ((~~Ten~~)) Seven dollars shall be paid to the issuing authority for the purpose of enforcing this chapter.

(9) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsections (1) through (8) of this section, the chief of police of the municipality or the sheriff of the county of the applicant's residence may issue a temporary emergency license for good cause pending review under subsection (1) of this section.

(10) A political subdivision of the state shall not modify the requirements of this section or chapter, nor may a political subdivision ask the applicant to voluntarily submit any information not required by this section.

(11) A person who knowingly makes a false statement regarding citizenship or identity on an application for a concealed pistol license is guilty of false swearing under RCW 9A.72.040. In addition to any other penalty provided for by law, the concealed pistol license of a person who knowingly makes a false statement shall be revoked, and the person shall be permanently ineligible for a concealed pistol license.

(12) A person may apply for a concealed pistol license:

(a) To the municipality or to the county in which the applicant resides if the applicant resides in a municipality;

(b) To the county in which the applicant resides if the applicant resides in an unincorporated area; or

Sec. 38. RCW 82.08.050 and 1993 sp.s. c 25 s 704 are each amended to read as follows:

(1)(a) The tax hereby imposed shall be paid by the buyer to the seller, and each seller shall collect from the buyer the full amount of the tax payable in respect to each taxable sale in accordance with the schedule of collections adopted by the department pursuant to the provisions of RCW 82.08.060. The tax required by this chapter, to be collected by the seller, minus the amount retained by the seller for administration as provided in subsection (2) of this section, shall be deemed to be held in trust by the seller until paid to the department, and any seller who appropriates or converts the tax collected to his or her own use or to any use other than the payment of the tax to the extent that the money required to be collected is not available for payment on the due date as prescribed in this chapter shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

(b) In case any seller fails to collect the tax herein imposed or having collected the tax, fails to pay ((it)) the amount owed to the department in the manner prescribed by this chapter, whether such failure is the result of his or her own acts or the result of acts or conditions beyond his or her control, he or she shall, nevertheless, be personally liable to the state for the amount of the tax owed, unless the seller has taken from the buyer in good faith a properly executed resale certificate under RCW 82.04.470.

(c) The amount of tax, until paid by the buyer to the seller or to the department, shall constitute a debt from the buyer to the seller and any seller who fails or refuses to collect the tax as required with intent to violate the provisions of this chapter or to gain some advantage or benefit, either direct or indirect, and any buyer who refuses to pay any tax due under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The tax required by this chapter to be collected by the seller shall be stated separately from the selling price in any sales invoice or other instrument of sale. On all retail sales through vending machines, the tax need not be stated separately from the selling price or collected separately from the buyer. For purposes of determining the tax due from the buyer to the seller and from the seller to the department it shall be conclusively presumed that the selling price quoted in any price list, sales document, contract or other agreement between the parties does not include the tax imposed by this chapter, but if the seller advertises the price as including the tax or that the seller is paying the tax, the advertised price shall not be considered the selling price.

(d) Where a buyer has failed to pay to the seller the tax imposed by this chapter and the seller has not paid the amount of the tax owed to the department, the department may, in its discretion, proceed directly against the buyer for collection of the tax, in which case a penalty of ten percent may be added to the amount of the tax for failure of the buyer to pay the same to the seller, regardless of when the tax may be collected by the department; and all of the provisions of chapter 82.32 RCW, including those relative to interest and penalties, shall apply in addition; and, for the sole purpose of applying the various provisions of chapter 82.32 RCW, the twenty-fifth day of the month following the tax period in which the purchase was made shall be considered as the due date of the tax.

(2) Each seller shall retain each reporting period .30 percent of the tax collected under this section as reimbursement for the costs associated with collection and administration of the tax.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 39. A new section is added to chapter 82.08 RCW to read as follows:

The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 shall not apply to the sales and distribution of magazines or periodicals by subscription for the purposes of fund-raising by (1) educational institutions as defined in RCW 82.04.170, or (2) nonprofit organizations engaged in activities primarily for the benefit of boys and girls nineteen years and younger.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 40. A new section is added to chapter 82.04 RCW to read as follows:

In computing tax there may be deducted from the measure of tax amounts paid by the owner of an amusement device, as defined in RCW 66.44.316, to the person upon whose premises the device is operated, if the amounts are paid at the time they are collected from the amusement device.

Sec. 41. RCW 82.62.030 and 1986 c 116 s 17 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) A person shall be allowed a credit against the tax due under chapter 82.04 RCW ((~~of an amount equal to~~)) as provided in this section. For an application approved before January 1, 1996, the credit shall equal one thousand dollars for each qualified employment position directly created in an eligible business project. For an application approved on or after January 1, 1996, the credit shall equal two thousand dollars for each qualified employment position directly created in an eligible business project.

(2) The department shall keep a running total of all credits granted under this chapter during each fiscal biennium. The department shall not allow any credits which would cause the tabulation for a biennium to exceed fifteen million dollars. If all or part of an application for credit is disallowed under this subsection, the disallowed portion shall be carried over for approval the next biennium. However, the applicant's carryover into the next biennium is only permitted if the tabulation for the next biennium does not exceed fifteen million dollars as of the date on which the department has disallowed the application.

(3) No recipient is eligible for tax credits in excess of three hundred thousand dollars.

(4) No recipient may use the tax credits to decertify a union or to displace existing jobs in any community in the state.

(5) No recipient may receive a tax credit on taxes which have not been paid during the taxable year.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 42. A new section is added to chapter 82.04 RCW to read as follows:

(1) There may be credited against the tax imposed by this chapter, the value of state-approved, employer-provided or sponsored job training services designed to enhance the job-related performance of employees, for those businesses eligible for a tax deferral under chapter 82.60 RCW.

(2) The value of the state-approved, job training services provided by the employer to the employee, without charge, shall be determined by the allocation of the cost method using generally accepted accounting standards.

(3) The credit allowed under this section shall be limited to an amount equal to twenty percent of the value of the state-approved, job training services determined under subsection (2) of this section. The total credits allowed under this section for a business shall not exceed five thousand dollars per calendar year.

(4) Prior to claiming the credit under this section, the business must obtain approval of the proposed job training service from the employment security department. The employer's request for approval must include a description of the proposed job training service, how the job training will enhance the employee's performance, and the cost of the proposed job training.

(5) This section only applies to training in respect to eligible business projects for which an application is approved on or after July 1, 1995.

Sec. 43. RCW 84.36.035 and 1971 ex.s. c 206 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

The following property shall be exempt from taxation:

All property, whether real or personal, belonging to or leased by any nonprofit corporation or association and used exclusively in the business of performing research on, procuring, testing, processing, storing, packaging, distributing, or using human whole blood, plasma, blood products, ((~~and~~)) blood derivatives, musculoskeletal tissue, tissue derivatives, or related products, or in the administration of such business. If the real or personal property is leased, the benefit of the exemption shall inure to the nonprofit corporation or association.

Sec. 44. RCW 84.36.805 and 1993 c 79 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

In order to be exempt pursuant to RCW 84.36.030, 84.36.550, 84.36.035, 84.36.037, 84.36.040, 84.36.041, 84.36.043, 84.36.045, 84.36.047, 84.36.050, 84.36.060, 84.36.350, and 84.36.480, the nonprofit organizations, associations or corporations shall satisfy the following conditions:

(1) The property is used exclusively for the actual operation of the activity for which exemption is granted, unless otherwise provided, and does not exceed an amount reasonably necessary for that purpose, except:

(a) The loan or rental of the property does not subject the property to tax if:

(i) The rents and donations received for the use of the portion of the property are reasonable and do not exceed the maintenance and operation expenses attributable to the portion of the property loaned or rented; and

(ii) Except for the exemptions under RCW 84.36.030(4) and 84.36.037, the property would be exempt from tax if owned by the organization to which it is loaned or rented;

(b) The use of the property for fund-raising activities does not subject the property to tax if the fund-raising activities are consistent with the purposes for which the exemption is granted;

(2) The property is irrevocably dedicated to the purpose for which exemption has been granted, and on the liquidation, dissolution, or abandonment by said organization, association, or corporation, said property will not inure directly or indirectly to the benefit of any shareholder or individual, except a nonprofit organization, association, or corporation which too would be entitled to property tax exemption: PROVIDED, That the property need not be irrevocably dedicated if it is leased or rented to those qualified for exemption pursuant to RCW 84.36.035, 84.36.040, 84.36.041, or 84.36.043 or those qualified for exemption as an association engaged in the production or performance of musical, dance, artistic, dramatic, or literary works pursuant to RCW 84.36.060, but only if under the terms of the lease or rental agreement the nonprofit organization, association, or corporation receives the benefit of the exemption;

(3) The facilities and services are available to all regardless of race, color, national origin or ancestry;

(4) The organization, association, or corporation is duly licensed or certified where such licensing or certification is required by law or regulation;

(5) Property sold to organizations, associations, or corporations with an option to be repurchased by the seller shall not qualify for exempt status;

(6) The director of the department of revenue shall have access to its books in order to determine whether such organization, association, or corporation is exempt from taxes within the intent of RCW 84.36.030, 84.36.035, 84.36.037, 84.36.040, 84.36.041, 84.36.043, 84.36.045, 84.36.047, 84.36.050, 84.36.060, 84.36.350, and 84.36.480.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 45. A new section is added to chapter 82.04 RCW to read as follows:

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Blood" includes human whole blood, plasma, blood derivatives, and related products.

(b) "Bone" includes human bone, bone marrow, and related products.

(d) "Blood, bone, or tissue bank" means an organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code, organized solely for the purpose of performing research on, procuring, testing, processing, storing, packaging, distributing, or using blood, bone, or tissue.

(e) "Medical supplies" means any item of tangible personal property, including any repair and replacement parts for such tangible personal property, used by a blood, tissue, or bone bank for the purpose of performing research on, procuring, testing, processing, storing, packaging, distributing, or using blood, bone, or tissue. The term includes tangible personal property used to:

(i) Provide preparatory treatment of blood, bone, or tissue;

(ii) Control, guide, measure, tune, verify, align, regulate, test, or physically support blood, bone, or tissue; and

(iii) Protect the health and safety of employees or others present during research on, procuring, testing, processing, storing, packaging, distributing, or using blood, bone, or tissue.

(f) "Chemical" means any catalyst, solvent, water, acid, oil, or other additive that physically or chemically interacts with blood, bone, or tissue.

(g) "Materials" means any item of tangible personal property, including, but not limited to, bags, packs, collecting sets, filtering materials, testing reagents, antisera, and refrigerants used or consumed in performing research on, procuring, testing, processing, storing, packaging, distributing, or using blood, bone, or tissue.

(h) "Research" means basic and applied research that has as its objective the design, development, refinement, testing, marketing, or commercialization of a product, service, or process.

(2) This chapter does not apply to amounts received by blood, bone, or tissue banks, to the extent the amounts are exempt from federal income tax.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 46. A new section is added to chapter 82.08 RCW to read as follows:

The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to the sale of medical supplies, chemicals, or materials to a blood, bone, or tissue bank. The definitions in section 45 of this act apply to this section. The exemption in this section does not apply to the sale of construction materials, office equipment, building equipment, administrative supplies, or vehicles.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 47. A new section is added to chapter 82.12 RCW to read as follows:

The provisions of this chapter do not apply in respect to the use of medical supplies, chemicals, or materials by a blood, bone, or tissue bank. The definitions in section 45 of this act apply to this section. The exemption in this section does not apply to the use of construction materials, office equipment, building equipment, administrative supplies, or vehicles.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 48. A new section is added to chapter 82.04 RCW to read as follows:

This chapter shall not apply to amounts received from the sale of automobiles at wholesale at auctions when:

(1) At the time of the auction the automobiles are registered in a state other than Washington; and

(2) All sales at the auction are restricted to motor vehicle dealers licensed under chapter 46.70 RCW.

Sec. 49. RCW 48.32.145 and 1993 sp.s. c 25 s 901 are each amended to read as follows:

Every member insurer that prior to April 1, 1993, or after the effective date of this section, shall have paid one or more assessments levied pursuant to RCW 48.32.060(1)(c) shall be entitled to take, as a credit against any premium tax falling due under RCW 48.14.020, one-fifth of the aggregate amount of such aggregate assessments during such calendar year for each of the five consecutive calendar years beginning with the calendar year following the calendar year in which such assessments are paid. Whenever an assessment or uncredited portion of an assessment is or becomes less than one thousand dollars, the entire amount may be credited against the premium tax at the next time the premium tax is paid.

((~~This section shall expire January 1, 1999.~~))

Sec. 50. RCW 48.32A.090 and 1993 sp.s. c 25 s 902 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The association shall issue to each insurer paying an assessment under this chapter certificates of contribution, in appropriate form and terms as prescribed or approved by the commissioner, for the amounts so paid into the respective funds. All outstanding certificates against a particular fund shall be of equal dignity and priority without reference to amounts or dates of issue.

(2) An outstanding certificate of contribution issued prior to April 1, 1993, or after the effective date of this section, shall be shown by the insurer in its financial statements as an admitted asset for such amount and period of time as the commissioner may approve. Unless a longer period has been allowed by the commissioner the insurer shall in any event at its option have the right to so show a certificate of contribution as an admitted asset at percentages of original face amount for calendar years as follows:

100% for the calendar year of issuance;

80% for the first calendar year after the year of issuance;

60% for the second calendar year after the year of issuance;

40% for the third calendar year after the year of issuance;

20% for the fourth calendar year after the year of issuance; and

0% for the fifth and subsequent calendar years after the year of issuance.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the value of a certificate of contribution is or becomes less than one thousand dollars, the entire amount may be written off by the insurer in that year.

(3) The insurer shall offset the amount written off by it in a calendar year under subsection (2) of this section against its premium tax liability to this state accrued with respect to business transacted in such year.

(4) Any sums recovered by the association representing sums which have theretofore been written off by contributing insurers and offset against premium taxes as provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be paid by the association to the commissioner and then deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the general fund of the state of Washington.

(5) No distribution to stockholders, if any, of a liquidating insurer shall be made unless and until the total amount of assessments levied by the association with respect to such insurer have been fully recovered by the association.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 51. A new section is added to chapter 82.08 RCW to read as follows:

The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 shall not apply to sales to health or social welfare organizations, as defined in RCW 82.04.431, of items necessary for new construction of alternative housing for youth in crisis. This section shall expire July 1, 1997.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 52. A new section is added to chapter 82.12 RCW to read as follows:

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply in respect to the use of any item acquired by a health or social welfare organization, as defined in RCW 82.04.431, of items necessary for new construction of alternative housing for youth in crisis. This section shall expire July 1, 1997.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 53. For the purposes of sections 51 and 52 of this act, "youth in crisis" means any youth under eighteen years of age who is either: Homeless; a runaway from the home of a parent, guardian, or legal custodian; abused; neglected; abandoned by a parent, guardian, or legal custodian; or suffering from a substance abuse or mental disorder.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 54. A new section is added to chapter 82.12 RCW to read as follows:

(1) The tax imposed under RCW 82.12.020 shall not apply to the following uses of a vessel, as defined in RCW 88.02.010, by the manufacturer of the vessel:

(a) Activities to test, set-up, repair, remodel, evaluate, or otherwise make a vessel seaworthy, to include performance, endurance, and sink testing, if the vessel is to be held for sale;

(b) Training activities of a manufacturer's employees, agents, or subcontractors involved in the development and manufacturing of the manufacturer's vessels, if the vessel is to be held for sale;

(c) Activities to promote the sale of the manufacturer's vessels, to include photography and video sessions to be used in promotional materials; traveling directly to and from vessel promotional events for the express purpose of displaying a manufacturer's vessels;

(d) Any vessels loaned or donated to a civic, religious, nonprofit, or educational organization for continuous periods of use not exceeding seventy-two hours, or longer if approved by the department; or to vessels loaned or donated to governmental entities;

(e) Direct transporting, displaying, or demonstrating any vessel at a wholesale or retail vessel show;

(f) Delivery of a vessel to a buyer, vessel manufacturer, registered vessel dealer as defined in RCW 88.02.010, or to any other person involved in the manufacturing or sale of that vessel for the purpose of the manufacturing or sale of that vessel; and

(g) Displaying, showing, and operating a vessel for sale to a prospective buyer to include the short-term testing, operating, and examining by a prospective buyer.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall apply to any trailer or other similar apparatus used to transport, display, show, or operate a vessel, if the trailer or other similar apparatus is held for sale.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 55. A new section is added to chapter 82.12 RCW to read as follows:

(1) The tax imposed under RCW 82.12.020 shall not apply to the following uses of a vessel, as defined in RCW 88.02.010, by a vessel dealer registered under chapter 88.02 RCW:

(a) Activities to test, set-up, repair, remodel, evaluate, or otherwise make a vessel seaworthy, if the vessel is held for sale;

(b) Training activity of a dealer's employees, agents, or subcontractors involved in the sale of the dealer's vessels, if the vessel is held for sale;

(c) Activities to promote the sale of the dealer's vessels, to include photography and video sessions to be used in promotional materials; traveling directly to and from promotional vessel events for the express purpose of displaying a dealer's vessels for sale, provided it is displayed on the vessel that it is, in fact, for sale and the identification of the registered vessel dealer offering the vessel for sale is also displayed on the vessel;

(d) Any vessel loaned or donated to a civic, religious, nonprofit, or educational organization for continuous periods of use not exceeding seventy-two hours, or longer if approved by the department; or to vessels loaned or donated to governmental entities;

(e) Direct transporting, displaying, or demonstrating any vessel at a wholesale or retail vessel show;

(g) Displaying, showing, and operating a vessel for sale to a prospective buyer to include the short-term testing, operating, and examining by a prospective buyer.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 56. A new section is added to chapter 82.12 RCW to read as follows:

If a vessel held in inventory is used by a vessel dealer or vessel manufacturer for personal use, use tax shall be due based only on the reasonable rental value of the vessel used, but only if the vessel dealer or manufacturer can show that the vessel is truly held for sale and that the dealer or manufacturer is and has been making good faith efforts to sell the vessel. The department may by rule require dealers and manufacturers to provide vessel logs or other documentation showing that vessels are truly held for sale.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 57. A new section is added to chapter 82.04 RCW to read as follows:

For purposes of RCW 82.04.290(3):

(1) A person is engaged in the business of providing international investment management services, if:

(a) Such person is engaged primarily in the business of providing investment management services; and

(b) At least ten percent of the gross income of such person is derived from providing investment management services to any of the following: (i) Persons or collective investment funds residing outside the United States; or (ii) persons or collective investment funds with at least ten percent of their investments located outside the United States.

(2) "Investment management services" means investment research, investment consulting, portfolio management, fund administration, fund distribution, investment transactions, or related investment services.

(3) "Collective investment fund" includes:

(a) A mutual fund or other regulated investment company, as defined in section 851(a) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended;

(b) An "investment company," as that term is used in section 3(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as well as any entity that would be an investment company for this purpose but for the exemptions contained in section 3(c)(1) or (11);

(c) An "employee benefit plan," which includes any plan, trust, commingled employee benefit trust, or custodial arrangement that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1001 et seq., or that is described in sections 125, 401, 403, 408, 457, and 501(c)(9) and (17) through (23) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended, or a similar plan maintained by a state or local government, or a plan, trust, or custodial arrangement established to self-insure benefits required by federal, state, or local law;

(d) A fund maintained by a tax-exempt organization, as defined in section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended, for operating, quasi-endowment, or endowment purposes;

(e) Funds that are established for the benefit of such tax-exempt organizations, such as charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, charitable annuity trusts, or other similar trusts; or

(f) Collective investment funds similar to those described in (a) through (e) of this subsection created under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction.

(4) Investments are located outside the United States if the underlying assets in which the investment constitutes a beneficial interest reside or are created, issued or held outside the United States.

Sec. 58. RCW 82.04.2201 and 1994 sp.s. c 10 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

There is levied and shall be collected for the period July 1, 1993, through June 30, 1997, from every person for the act or privilege of engaging in business activities, as a part of the tax imposed under RCW 82.04.220 through 82.04.280 and 82.04.290 (3) and (4), except RCW 82.04.250(1) and 82.04.260(15), an additional tax equal to 4.5 percent multiplied by the tax payable under those sections.

To facilitate collection of these additional taxes, the department of revenue is authorized to adjust the basic rates of persons to which this section applies in such manner as to reflect the amount to the nearest one-thousandth of one percent of the additional tax hereby imposed, adjusting ten-thousandths equal to or greater than five ten-thousandths to the greater thousandth.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 59. In 1993, the legislature extended retail sales taxes to discretionary spending on landscape maintenance and horticultural services. The legislature did not intend to extend, nor did it believe it was extending, retail sales taxes to pruning, trimming, repairing, removing, and clearing of trees and brush near electric distribution or transmission lines or equipment by, or at the direction of, an electric utility. The latter activities generally require nondiscretionary expenditures by electric utilities in the interests of public safety and minimizing unplanned power interruptions.

The legislature finds that the department of revenue misinterpreted the intent of the legislature by adopting a rule extending retail sales taxes to pruning, trimming, repairing, removing, and clearing of trees and brush near electric distribution or transmission lines or equipment, performed by, or at the direction of, an electric utility. As a result of this misinterpretation, the department of revenue has improperly collected retail sales tax on such services.

To avoid disputes and potential litigation, the legislature finds that persons having paid taxes under chapter 82.08 RCW on or after July 1, 1993, for pruning, trimming, repairing, removing, or clearing of trees and brush near electric distribution or transmission lines or equipment, performed by, or at the direction of, an electric utility, are entitled to credit against present and future taxes due to the department of revenue.

Sec. 60. RCW 82.04.050 and 1993 sp.s. c 25 s 301 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) "Sale at retail" or "retail sale" means every sale of tangible personal property (including articles produced, fabricated, or imprinted) to all persons irrespective of the nature of their business and including, among others, without limiting the scope hereof, persons who install, repair, clean, alter, improve, construct, or decorate real or personal property of or for consumers other than a sale to a person who presents a resale certificate under RCW 82.04.470 and who:

(a) Purchases for the purpose of resale as tangible personal property in the regular course of business without intervening use by such person; or

(b) Installs, repairs, cleans, alters, imprints, improves, constructs, or decorates real or personal property of or for consumers, if such tangible personal property becomes an ingredient or component of such real or personal property without intervening use by such person; or

(c) Purchases for the purpose of consuming the property purchased in producing for sale a new article of tangible personal property or substance, of which such property becomes an ingredient or component or is a chemical used in processing, when the primary purpose of such chemical is to create a chemical reaction directly through contact with an ingredient of a new article being produced for sale; or

(d) Purchases for the purpose of consuming the property purchased in producing ferrosilicon which is subsequently used in producing magnesium for sale, if the primary purpose of such property is to create a chemical reaction directly through contact with an ingredient of ferrosilicon; or

(e) Purchases for the purpose of providing the property to consumers as part of competitive telephone service, as defined in RCW 82.04.065. The term shall include every sale of tangible personal property which is used or consumed or to be used or consumed in the performance of any activity classified as a "sale at retail" or "retail sale" even though such property is resold or utilized as provided in (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of this subsection following such use. The term also means every sale of tangible personal property to persons engaged in any business which is taxable under RCW 82.04.280 (2) and (7) and 82.04.290.

(2) The term "sale at retail" or "retail sale" shall include the sale of or charge made for tangible personal property consumed and/or for labor and services rendered in respect to the following:

(a) The installing, repairing, cleaning, altering, imprinting, or improving of tangible personal property of or for consumers, including charges made for the mere use of facilities in respect thereto, but excluding sales of laundry service to members by nonprofit associations composed exclusively of nonprofit hospitals, and excluding services rendered in respect to live animals, birds and insects;

(b) The constructing, repairing, decorating, or improving of new or existing buildings or other structures under, upon, or above real property of or for consumers, including the installing or attaching of any article of tangible personal property therein or thereto, whether or not such personal property becomes a part of the realty by virtue of installation, and shall also include the sale of services or charges made for the clearing of land and the moving of earth excepting the mere leveling of land used in commercial farming or agriculture;

(c) The charge for labor and services rendered in respect to constructing, repairing, or improving any structure upon, above, or under any real property owned by an owner who conveys the property by title, possession, or any other means to the person performing such construction, repair, or improvement for the purpose of performing such construction, repair, or improvement and the property is then reconveyed by title, possession, or any other means to the original owner;

(d) The sale of or charge made for labor and services rendered in respect to the cleaning, fumigating, razing or moving of existing buildings or structures, but shall not include the charge made for janitorial services; and for purposes of this section the term "janitorial services" shall mean those cleaning and caretaking services ordinarily performed by commercial janitor service businesses including, but not limited to, wall and window washing, floor cleaning and waxing, and the cleaning in place of rugs, drapes and upholstery. The term "janitorial services" does not include painting, papering, repairing, furnace or septic tank cleaning, snow removal or sandblasting;

(e) The sale of or charge made for labor and services rendered in respect to automobile towing and similar automotive transportation services, but not in respect to those required to report and pay taxes under chapter 82.16 RCW;

(f) The sale of and charge made for the furnishing of lodging and all other services by a hotel, rooming house, tourist court, motel, trailer camp, and the granting of any similar license to use real property, as distinguished from the renting or leasing of real property, and it shall be presumed that the occupancy of real property for a continuous period of one month or more constitutes a rental or lease of real property and not a mere license to use or enjoy the same;

(g) The sale of or charge made for tangible personal property, labor and services to persons taxable under (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of this subsection when such sales or charges are for property, labor and services which are used or consumed in whole or in part by such persons in the performance of any activity defined as a "sale at retail" or "retail sale" even though such property, labor and services may be resold after such use or consumption. Nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to modify subsection (1) of this section and nothing contained in subsection (1) of this section shall be construed to modify this subsection.

(3) The term "sale at retail" or "retail sale" shall include the sale of or charge made for personal, business, or professional services including amounts designated as interest, rents, fees, admission, and other service emoluments however designated, received by persons engaging in the following business activities:

(a) Amusement and recreation services including but not limited to golf, pool, billiards, skating, bowling, ski lifts and tows, and others;

(b) Abstract, title insurance, and escrow services;

(d) Automobile parking and storage garage services;

(e) Landscape maintenance and horticultural services but excluding (i) horticultural services provided to farmers and (ii) pruning, trimming, repairing, removing, and clearing of trees and brush near electric distribution or transmission lines or equipment, if performed by or at the direction of an electric utility;

(f) Service charges associated with tickets to professional sporting events;

(g) Guided tours and guided charters; and

(h) The following personal services: Physical fitness services, tanning salon services, tattoo parlor services, massage services, steam bath services, turkish bath services, escort services, and dating services.

(4) The term shall also include the renting or leasing of tangible personal property to consumers and the rental of equipment with an operator.

(5) The term shall also include the providing of telephone service, as defined in RCW 82.04.065, to consumers.

(6) The term shall not include the sale of or charge made for labor and services rendered in respect to the building, repairing, or improving of any street, place, road, highway, easement, right of way, mass public transportation terminal or parking facility, bridge, tunnel, or trestle which is owned by a municipal corporation or political subdivision of the state or by the United States and which is used or to be used primarily for foot or vehicular traffic including mass transportation vehicles of any kind.

(7) The term shall also not include sales of feed, seed, seedlings, fertilizer, agents for enhanced pollination including insects such as bees, and spray materials to persons who participate in the federal conservation reserve program or its successor administered by the United States department of agriculture, or to farmers for the purpose of producing for sale any agricultural product, nor shall it include sales of chemical sprays or washes to persons for the purpose of post-harvest treatment of fruit for the prevention of scald, fungus, mold, or decay.

(8) The term shall not include the sale of or charge made for labor and services rendered in respect to the constructing, repairing, decorating, or improving of new or existing buildings or other structures under, upon, or above real property of or for the United States, any instrumentality thereof, or a county or city housing authority created pursuant to chapter 35.82 RCW, including the installing, or attaching of any article of tangible personal property therein or thereto, whether or not such personal property becomes a part of the realty by virtue of installation. Nor shall the term include the sale of services or charges made for the clearing of land and the moving of earth of or for the United States, any instrumentality thereof, or a county or city housing authority.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 61. A new section is added to chapter 82.04 RCW, to be codified after RCW 82.04.290, to read as follows:

Upon every person engaging within this state in the business of providing utility line clearance services, including pruning, trimming, repairing, removing, and clearing trees and brush near electric distribution or transmission lines or equipment where performed at the direction of an electric utility; as to such persons the amount of the tax with respect to such business shall be equal to the gross proceeds of sales of the business, multiplied by the rate of 0.471 percent.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 62. A new section is added to chapter 82.08 RCW to read as follows:

A person may claim a credit against any taxes due to the department of revenue under chapters 82.04, 82.12, and 82.16 RCW as provided in this section. The credit is equal to the amount of taxes, including penalties and interest on such taxes, paid by the person under this chapter on or after July 1, 1993, for pruning, trimming, repairing, removing, and clearing of trees and brush near electric distribution or transmission lines or equipment, if performed by or at the direction of an electric utility. A buyer who has paid such tax to the seller shall claim the credit directly with the department of revenue. A seller may claim the credit only if the seller has paid such tax to the department and has not collected the tax from the buyer. The credit may be carried forward and taken against taxes reported in subsequent reporting periods until fully used.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 63. A new section is added to chapter 82.04 RCW to read as follows:

This chapter does not apply to amounts received by a nonprofit organization from the sale or furnishing of the following items at a camp or conference center conducted on property exempt from property tax under RCW 84.36.030 (1), (2), or (3):

(1) Lodging, conference and meeting rooms, camping facilities, parking, and similar licenses to use real property;

(2) Food and meals;

(3) Books, tapes, and other products that are available exclusively to the participants at the camp, conference, or meeting and are not available to the public at large.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 64. A new section is added to chapter 82.08 RCW to read as follows:

The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 shall not apply to a sale made at a camp or conference center if the gross income from the sale is exempt under section 63 of this act.

Sec. 65. RCW 66.24.290 and 1994 sp.s. c 7 s 902 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Any brewer or beer wholesaler licensed under this title may sell and deliver beer to holders of authorized licenses direct, but to no other person, other than the board; and every such brewer or beer wholesaler shall report all sales to the board monthly, pursuant to the regulations, and shall pay to the board as an added tax for the privilege of manufacturing and selling the beer within the state a tax of two dollars and sixty cents per barrel of thirty-one gallons on sales to licensees within the state and on sales to licensees within the state of bottled and canned beer shall pay a tax computed in gallons at the rate of two dollars and sixty cents per barrel of thirty-one gallons. Any brewer or beer wholesaler whose applicable tax payment is not postmarked by the twentieth day following the month of sale will be assessed a penalty at the rate of two percent per month or fraction thereof. Each such brewer or wholesaler shall procure from the board revenue stamps representing such tax in form prescribed by the board and shall affix the same to the barrel or package in such manner and in such denominations as required by the board, and shall cancel the same prior to commencing delivery from his or her place of business or warehouse of such barrels or packages. Beer shall be sold by brewers and wholesalers in sealed barrels or packages. The revenue stamps provided under this section need not be affixed and canceled in the making of resales of barrels or packages already taxed by the affixation and cancellation of stamps as provided in this section.

(2) An additional tax is imposed equal to seven percent multiplied by the tax payable under subsection (1) of this section. All revenues collected during any month from this additional tax shall be transferred to the state general fund by the twenty-fifth day of the following month.

(3) An additional tax is imposed on all beer subject to tax under subsection (1) of this section. The additional tax is equal to two dollars per barrel of thirty-one gallons. All revenues collected during any month from this additional tax shall be deposited in the violence reduction and drug enforcement account under RCW 69.50.520 by the twenty-fifth day of the following month.

(4)(a) An additional tax is imposed on all beer subject to tax under subsection (1) of this section. The additional tax is equal to ninety-six cents per barrel of thirty-one gallons through June 30, 1995, ((~~two dollars and thirty-nine cents per barrel of thirty-one gallons for the period July 1, 1995, through June 30, 1997, and four dollars and seventy-eight cents per barrel of thirty-one gallons~~)) and thereafter.

(b) The additional tax imposed under this subsection does not apply to the sale of the first sixty thousand barrels of beer each year by breweries that are entitled to a reduced rate of tax under 26 U.S.C. Sec. 5051, as existing on July 1, 1993, or such subsequent date as may be provided by the board by rule consistent with the purposes of this exemption.

(c) All revenues collected from the additional tax imposed under this subsection (4) shall be deposited in the health services account under RCW 43.72.900.

(5) The tax imposed under this section shall not apply to "strong beer" as defined in this title.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 66. A new section is added to chapter 82.08 RCW to read as follows:

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Production equipment" means the following when used in motion picture or video production or postproduction: Grip and lighting equipment, cameras, camera mounts including tripods, jib arms, steadicams, and other camera mounts, cranes, dollies, generators, helicopter mounts, helicopters rented for motion picture or video production, walkie talkies, vans and trucks specifically equipped for motion picture or video production, wardrobe and makeup trailers, special effects and stunt equipment, video assists, videotape recorders, cables and connectors, telepromoters, sound recording equipment, and editorial equipment.

(b) "Production services" means motion picture and video processing, printing, editing, duplicating, animation, graphics, special effects, negative cutting, conversions to other formats or media, stock footage, sound mixing, rerecording, sound sweetening, sound looping, sound effects, and automatic dialog replacement.

(c) "Motion picture or video production business" means a person engaged in the production of motion pictures and video tapes for exhibition, sale, or for broadcast by a person other than the person producing the motion picture or video tape.

(2) The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to the rental of production equipment, or the sale of production services, to a motion picture or video production business.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 67. A new section is added to chapter 82.12 RCW to read as follows:

(1) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply in respect to the use of:

(a) Production equipment rented to a motion picture or video production business;

(b) Production equipment acquired and used by a motion picture or video production business in another state, if the acquisition and use occurred more than ninety days before the time the motion picture or video production business entered this state.

(2) As used in this section, "production equipment" and "motion picture or video production business" have the meanings given in section 66 of this act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 68. Captions as used in this act constitute no part of the law.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 69. Sections 1 through 19, 20, 22, 27 through 35, 37 through 50, 54 through 58, and 63 through 67 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1995.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 70. Sections 21, 36, 51 through 53, and 59 through 62 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 71. Sections 19, 28, 29, 43, and 44 of this act are effective for taxes levied for collection in 1996 and thereafter.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 72. Sections 23 through 26 of this act shall take effect July 1, 1996.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 73. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.